26/00417/TPCPlanning Application 26/00417/TPC
Trees application at Hope Cottage Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BP, West Berkshire. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.
Oak - Trees Current height: approx 22m Reduce by 20% 1-2m and crown raise up to 3m. We would like thin out some of the competing limbs growing through the beech to help them coexist. Crown raise to help ground level light. Beech -Trees current Height: approx 10m Crown raise up to 3m, thin and reduce by 15% / 1m. Top not to be touched. Remove major rubbing limbs growing through the adjacent Oak, reduce field side to re-balance the tree as its growing in suppression from Oak and Tulip. Crown raise for more gound level light for borders. Tulip -Trees Current Height - approx 20m Reduce overall canopy (10%) by 1-2m and a meter from the top to reduce weight and wind sail of the tree, Historically it has partially uprooted (approx. 10-15 years ago.); the owner is trying to retain if possible.
26/00417/TPC
Hope Cottage Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BP
This is a tree application at Hope Cottage Brightwalton Newbury RG20 7BP. West Berkshire has handled 574 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 35 days. It was submitted on 23 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Downlands. We hold 887 applications in total for the RG20 postcode area.
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